The University of Maine report, “Maine’s Climate Future: 2015 Update,” was cited in a Free Press article on climate change preparedness. The “States at Risk Project,” a collaboration of the climate science news organization Climate Central and consulting firm ICF International, recently gave Maine a grade of D for the state’s efforts to prepare for […]
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University of Maine researchers traced a portion of a route in the Southern Ocean made famous by polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, whose 1914–1916 South Pole expedition aboard Endurance has been called one of the greatest survival stories of all time. Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute, led a team to recover ice […]
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The half-ounce songbirds that fly 1,800 miles nonstop over the Atlantic Ocean to winter in South America haven’t had a lot to chirp about lately. The number of Blackpoll warblers (Setophaga striata) documented on the move through migration monitoring sites in the Gulf of Maine region has declined dramatically at some locations over the last […]
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Maine, which is the oldest state in the nation in terms of median age and has more baby boomers per capita than any other state, can be a leader in addressing the issues of an aging population, according to the recently published issue of Maine Policy Review. “This special issue was prepared to serve as […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Sun Journal, Maine Public Broadcasting Network and WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) reported on the official measurement of what is believed to be the tallest American chestnut tree in North America. University of Maine researchers found the 115-foot-tall tree in Lovell, Maine last summer during a flyover looking for signs of […]
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The University of Maine report, “Maine’s Climate Future: 2015 Update,” was cited in the Bangor Daily News article, “Why the global climate talks matter to Maine.” This week, world leaders have convened in France for the 2015 U.N. Climate Change Conference with a goal of reaching an agreement about how they can reduce greenhouse gas […]
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The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, Sun Journal, Maine Public Broadcasting Network and Portland Press Herald reported foresters with the University of Maine and Maine Forest Service have measured what is believed to be the tallest American chestnut tree in North America, exceeding the height of the next-tallest known tree by 20 feet. The 115-foot-tall […]
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A 2012 University of Maine study by economist Todd Gabe was cited in the Reuters article, “Maine proposes ban on junk food purchases with food stamps.” Gabe’s study put the annual medical costs of obesity in Maine at $452.7 million, according to the article. New York Post also published the Reuters report.
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The Ellsworth American reported on “Maine’s Ice Age Trail: Down East, Map and Guide,” which is available in print and as an iPhone app. The map was developed, in part, in 2006 by Hal Borns, professor emeritus of glacial and quaternary geology and founder of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute. The map shows […]
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Travis Blackmer, research associate in UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, was interviewed in a MPBN article looking at how Maine can better manage its waste. Blackmer worked with Sen. Tom Saviello, co-chair of the legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee, to look at how other states and municipalities have improved their […]
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